Donald Yacovone Explained

Donald Yacovone (born February 25, 1952) is an American researcher, writer and academic who primarily specializes in African American History.^[1] In 2013, he co-authored with Henry Louis Gates Jr the book based on the PBS television series .

Education

Born on February 25, 1952, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Alfred F. and Mary E. (Ostrowska) Yacovone,^[2] Donald Yacovone earned his Bachelor of Science from Southern Connecticut State University in 1974. He went on to earn a Master of Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1977 and then earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School in 1984.

Career

In 2013, Yacovone co-authored ^[3] with Henry Louis Gates Jr, a book of the television series hosted by Gates Jr.^[4] The book has been criticized by some for not dating back to pre-slavery times.^{[5] [6] [7]}

He is the research manager at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at ^[8] and an associate at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, both at Harvard University.^[9] Yacovone has written for The Chronicle of Higher Education on the topic of racism through history in textbooks and in academia.^[10]

In 2022, Yacovone's book, Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of our National Identity, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History.^[11]

Bibliography

• Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (The Library of Black America series) – February 2004
• Samuel Joseph May and the Dilemmas of the Liberal Persuasion, 1797-1871^[12]

As Editor

• Wendell Phillips, Social Justice, and the Power of the Past - November, 2016^[13]

Notes and References

1. http://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/yacovone--donald-contributor-212031.php "Donald Yacovone"
2. Encyclopedia: Yacovone, Donald 1952– . Encyclopedia.com.
3. Henry Louis Gates (Jr.), Donald Yacovone, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, SmileyBooks, 2013.
4. http://www.pbs.org/show/african-americans-many-rivers-cross/ "The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross"
5. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/168591 "Text chosen for Connecticut school’s African American History course stirs controversy"
6. Linda Conner Lambeck, "Text chosen for Bridgeport’s African American History course stirs controversy", ctpost, March 25, 2018.
7. Robert J. Benz, "Teaching White upremacy: How Textbooks Have Shaped Our Attitudes On Race", Huffington Post,November 20, 2017.
8. Web site: Donald Yacovone - Author Biography. www.hayhouse.com.
9. https://lsupress.org/authors/detail/donald-yacovone/ "Donald Yacovone"
10. Web site: Textbook Racism: How Scholars Sustained White Supremacy. The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 8, 2018.
11. Web site: 2023-04-22 . Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners announced . 2023-04-26 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
12. Web site: Donald Yacovone: Samuel Joseph May and the Dilemmas of the Liberal Persuasion, 1797-1871 . 2018-04-11 . 2016-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000009/http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/787_reg.html . dead .
13. https://lsupress.org/books/detail/wendell-phillips-social-justice-and-the-power-of-the-past/ "Wendell Phillips, Social Justice, and the Power of the Past"